Re: [Cooker] Orphan files ?
Frank Griffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm looking for some guidance on trying to find the package which owns a file. Several times now when I've had a problem with a particular executable or one of the initialization script files, I've tried to find the owning package for purposes of filing a bug report by using rpmdrake's seach on filename feature, only to get no hits from the search. The latest example is /usr/bin/update-menus. In install mode, it searches files in packages that you can install, thus of course this won't find the owner of installed file /usr/bin/update-menus. In remove mode, it would work if menu was allowed to be removed, but it's not the case (we don't want you break your system). Anyway, rpm -qf is the easiest way for such a question, as others answered. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
Re: [Cooker] Orphan files ?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 12 November 2003 07:38 pm, Leon Brooks wrote: On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:13, Frank Griffin wrote: It appears that I have a /usr/bin/update-menus without having the menus package installed. I've also got the man page. Try this: rm -vf /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* rpm --rebuilddb Cheers; Leon I'm trying to rebuild the rpm database and keep running into an error about failing to remove directory /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.19602. Says the directory is not empty. It contains a file RPMLOCK. So I delete run rpm --rebuilddb and get the same error only the directory name changed. - -- Registered Linux user 193414 http://counter.li.org Trying? My contribution was much closer to a feeble wave in the general direction of something that might lead you one step closer to a solution if you squint really hard and do all of the work. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/s2qvZkF4+BJ00wcRAk+IAKDYWMhpPkzFVXYJEHb8dwBUMzojQACeLtnm BJe0F0VYl5+iwXPzTSw0cOQ= =UOoP -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[Cooker] Orphan files ?
I'm looking for some guidance on trying to find the package which owns a file. Several times now when I've had a problem with a particular executable or one of the initialization script files, I've tried to find the owning package for purposes of filing a bug report by using rpmdrake's seach on filename feature, only to get no hits from the search. The latest example is /usr/bin/update-menus. Should this technique work, or should I be doing something else ?
Re: [Cooker] Orphan files ?
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 15:24, Frank Griffin wrote: I'm looking for some guidance on trying to find the package which owns a file. Several times now when I've had a problem with a particular executable or one of the initialization script files, I've tried to find the owning package for purposes of filing a bug report by using rpmdrake's seach on filename feature, only to get no hits from the search. The latest example is /usr/bin/update-menus. Should this technique work, or should I be doing something else ? urpmf /usr/bin/update-menus will give you the package that includes that file. James
Re: [Cooker] Orphan files ?
Frank Griffin wrote: I'm looking for some guidance on trying to find the package which owns a file. Several times now when I've had a problem with a particular executable or one of the initialization script files, I've tried to find the owning package for purposes of filing a bug report by using rpmdrake's seach on filename feature, only to get no hits from the search. The latest example is /usr/bin/update-menus. Should this technique work, or should I be doing something else ? It seems as though this should work. Using urpmf --files update-menus returns the following results: menu:/usr/bin/update-menus menu:/usr/share/man/man1/update-menus.1.bz2 So, /usr/bin/update-menus belongs to the menu package. (menu-2.1.5-124mdk) Note: Obviously, this is only going to work 100% if your urpmi database matches your currently installed packages since packages are often removed and, though less frequent an occurance, files may switch between packages (eg. all the recent KDE changes). -Michael
Re: [Cooker] Orphan files ?
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 15:42, Michael Altizer wrote: Frank Griffin wrote: I'm looking for some guidance on trying to find the package which owns a file. Several times now when I've had a problem with a particular executable or one of the initialization script files, I've tried to find the owning package for purposes of filing a bug report by using rpmdrake's seach on filename feature, only to get no hits from the search. The latest example is /usr/bin/update-menus. Should this technique work, or should I be doing something else ? It seems as though this should work. Using urpmf --files update-menus returns the following results: menu:/usr/bin/update-menus menu:/usr/share/man/man1/update-menus.1.bz2 So, /usr/bin/update-menus belongs to the menu package. (menu-2.1.5-124mdk) Note: Obviously, this is only going to work 100% if your urpmi database matches your currently installed packages since packages are often removed and, though less frequent an occurance, files may switch between packages (eg. all the recent KDE changes). -Michael Correct I am making two assumptions. 1. That current state of the urpmi database is == current installed status. 2. That this method is more usefull on a stable system than a dev system. An alternative. rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/bin/update-menus I've often found that giving full path to a file results in fewer orphan statements than normal. James
Re: [Cooker] Orphan files ?
James Sparenberg wrote: urpmf /usr/bin/update-menus will give you the package that includes that file. Michael Altizer wrote: It seems as though this should work. Using urpmf --files update-menus returns the following results: menu:/usr/bin/update-menus menu:/usr/share/man/man1/update-menus.1.bz2 Hmm. It appears that I have a /usr/bin/update-menus without having the menus package installed. I've also got the man page. However If I do what you suggested, I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ftg]# urpmf --files update-menus majesty-demo:/usr/local/games/maj_demo/.manifest/scripts/update-menus.sh mindrover-demo:/usr/games/mindrover_demo/.manifest/scripts/update-menus.sh [EMAIL PROTECTED] ftg]# urpmf /usr/bin/update-menus [EMAIL PROTECTED] ftg]# urpmi menu Everything already installed [EMAIL PROTECTED] ftg]# In addition, if I look in my cooker tree, I have menu-2.1.5-124mdk.i586.rpm but neither rpmdrake install nor rpmdrake remove lists the package when I select list all packages, alphabetical. A urpmi.update -a made absolutely no difference in these results. Is there some lower-level query I can do to discern why urpmi thinks the package is installed and I can see that the files are present, but rpmdrake thinks it is neither here nor there ?
Re: [Cooker] Orphan files ?
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 07:24, Frank Griffin wrote: The latest example is /usr/bin/update-menus. $ rpm -qf /usr/bin/update-menus menu-2.1.5-123mdk $ Cheers; Leon
Re: [Cooker] Orphan files ?
James Sparenberg wrote: An alternative. rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/bin/update-menus [EMAIL PROTECTED] ftg]# rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/bin/update-menus menu-2.1.5-124mdk
Re: [Cooker] Orphan files ?
Leon Brooks wrote: $ rpm -qf /usr/bin/update-menus menu-2.1.5-123mdk [EMAIL PROTECTED] ftg]# rpm -qf /usr/bin/update-menus menu-2.1.5-124mdk
Re: [Cooker] Orphan files ?
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:13, Frank Griffin wrote: It appears that I have a /usr/bin/update-menus without having the menus package installed. I've also got the man page. Try this: rm -vf /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* rpm --rebuilddb Cheers; Leon
Re: [Cooker] Orphan files ?
Leon Brooks wrote: Try this: rm -vf /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* rpm --rebuilddb I'll be happy to, but one of the reasons to post this was to see if anybody wanted a snapshot of the existing files that seem to cause urpmi to recognize that the package is installed but neither urpmf nor rpmdrake to recognize the files included in it, or in the case of rpmdrake, that the package even exists (since it isn't recognized as being either installed or not). If somebody can tell me which files to copy off to the side for inclusion with a bug report, I'll be happy to move on. If the responsible parties aren't interested, then please just say so, and I'll abandon trying to preserve evidence
Re: [Cooker] Orphan files ?
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:49, Frank Griffin wrote: Leon Brooks wrote: Try this: rm -vf /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* rpm --rebuilddb I'll be happy to, but one of the reasons to post this was to see if anybody wanted a snapshot of the existing files that seem to cause urpmi to recognize that the package is installed but neither urpmf nor rpmdrake to recognize the files included in it, or in the case of rpmdrake, that the package even exists (since it isn't recognized as being either installed or not). If somebody can tell me which files to copy off to the side for inclusion with a bug report, I'll be happy to move on. If the responsible parties aren't interested, then please just say so, and I'll abandon trying to preserve evidence Since RPM itself seems to be happy, the contents of /var/lib/urpmi would seem to be what's required (about 20MB on my machine). If you wanted to be safe, put aside /var/lib/rpm as well (about 23MB here). Cheers; Leon
